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THE first chapter of this book deals with continuous structures, and the last is devoted to rigid frames. Apart from these, the text is mainly concerned with arch types, and the applications of the methods of arch analysis to bridge forms. The usual lines of theory are developed effectively. Applications are made with thoroughness and with an explanatory power and detail of evaluation that demonstrate a full knowledge of the problems of design of this class. Two-hinged arches of parabola and segmental types receive very full attention and the treatment of fixed arches is adequate in scope. There is an interesting presentation of the results of photo-electric researches on rigid frame forms and some instructive plates of bridge construction.
The Theory of Continuous Structures and Arches
By Prof. Charles M. Spofford. Pp. xiii+267+12 plates. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., 1937.) 21s.
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The Theory of Continuous Structures and Arches. Nature 141, 711 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141711c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141711c0